Improvement in apparatus for moving buildings



E. H. AVERY.

Truck for Moving Buildings.

Patented Oct 23, 1866.

PATENT OFFICE.

EGBERT II. AVERY, OF BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARAT US FOR MOVING BUILDINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,970. dated October23, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

3e it known that I, EGBERT H. AVERY, of Belvidere, in the county ofBoone and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Im provementin Apparatus for Moving Buildings; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,and letters of reference marked thereon, making apart of thisspecification, in which Figure l is a plan view of my apparatus formoving buildings. Fig. 2 is a perspective representation of one of thetrucks. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the front or guide trucks.

The nature ofmy invention consists in guidekeys so arranged as to holdthe trucks at any desired angle relative to the sills of the build ing,in order that it may be made to move in a straight line or be turnedaround.

By means ofthese devices and arrangements a much better apparatus isprovided for moving wooden buildings than any new in use, for when thetrucks are set under the sill at the points where the building mostrequires support they will remain in such position and operate withoutany attention so long as the building is moving in a straight line, andcan also be adjusted by means of the guide-keys, for carrying the rearend of the building laterally in one direction while the front end ismoving in the opposite direction, thus providing means for turning ormoving a building in any direction required.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willdescribe the method of construction and operation.

A, Fig. 1, represents the sills of the build ing to be moved, and Fig. 3an elevation of the guidetrucks, connected together by means of thebroad platform I and the pivot F. This platform is elevated at a, inorder that the guide-trucks may pass over uneven ground, and yet beturned in any direction necessary for guiding the building.

It will be seen that the pivot h stands in front of the axle of the rearguide-truck, by which means the roller is prevented from turningsidcwise when in motion. The forward guide-truck is kept in the properdirection by means of the side guide, (l, which is attached to theflall'llO (J.

Fig. 2 shows the roller adjusted in the frame G, the front side of whichsupports the pivot 1*], which enters the sills A, as seen at Fig. l.

U C, Fig. 1, represent the double truck pivoted to the sill A at K. Thedirection which this truck is to move can be given by adjusting the keysI) between the sill A and pins (1, as seen at Fig. l.

L is the tie-rope, to which the draft-rope P is attached, the objectbeing to apply the power so far back as to prevent the forward trucksfrom being upset when turning the building around.

No definite instructions can be given for moving buildings with myapparatus. Any number of trucks can be used and guided, as set forth,without any special instruction.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Qatent of the United States, is-

lhc guide-keys I), in combination with the trucks 0 C B, substantiallyas set forth.

EUBERT II. AVERY.

Witnesses:

GEO. L. CIIAPIN, A. HAYWARD.

